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Originally Posted by Chad
According to recent figures published by Freeview, 11 million homes in the UK use Freeview as their main TV service at home. That's 11 million homes who are not prepared to pay over and above their TV license fee for TV content. 11 million homes who don't currently need a Smart TV, internet connection or phone line to access their favorite programs. If on demand TV is going to truly going to kill linear TV, there needs to be a way for it to be delivered to households for free without the need of a broadband subscription.
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I'd imagine some of those 11 million access Freeview on smart TVs with catch up facilities or via Freeview + STB's some of which also offer catch up services without a subscription , whilst I still agree the bulk of their watching will still be linear I'm sure many still use On Demand also.